outlast

verb

out·​last ˌau̇t-ˈlast How to pronounce outlast (audio)
outlasted; outlasting; outlasts

transitive verb

: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)
BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.Eli Rosenberg

Examples of outlast in a Sentence

I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one your work will probably outlast you
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That’s the risk Benioff is taking, along with Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and others who are wagering that this administration and its strong-man instincts will outlast the next three years. Tom Chavez, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025 Tweak any number of environmental factors, and the tool-wielding, yarn-weaving Homo neanderthalensis may have outlasted its Homo sapien cousins (aka humans) instead of going extinct around 40,000 years ago. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025 The Vara bow, a fixture of the house for nearly 50 years, sits at the center of its latest campaign — a quiet acknowledgment of a design that has outlasted trend cycles for nearly five decades. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025 Week 6’s Sunday action began with an unsightly offensive showing in London, where the Denver Broncos outlasted the New York Jets, 13-11. The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outlast

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of outlast was in 1570

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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlast. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

outlast

verb
out·​last
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈlast
: to last longer than : survive

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